Chapter 4 Ninja Tool Throwing
It was night.
Inside the room.
Qingming finished refining his chakra once again, his eyes filled with exhaustion.
Despite this, he forced himself to use his newly recovered chakra to perform the Shadow Clone Technique, one of the Three Body Techniques.
Unlike before, his movements were noticeably more practiced, and he could now keep the hand seals within five seconds.
This was the school's assessment standard.
But this didn't mean he had mastered the technique.
Simply put, if it were just about hand seals, he could easily meet the requirement.
But that was useless.
The most important thing in performing ninjutsu isn't actually about the hand seals, but the simultaneous gathering and conversion of chakra during the process.
The hand seals themselves are merely a means to guide this transformation.
If one is skilled enough, a ninja can simplify this process, thereby reducing the number of hand seals or even performing them with one hand.
Of course, these things weren't relevant to Qingming for the time being.
He hadn't even mastered the Shadow Clone Technique yet.
Don't think about running before learning how to walk.
*Boom!*
A cloud of chakra smoke dissipated, revealing a distorted figure that resembled Qingming.
Qingming glanced at the figure expressionlessly before dispelling the clone technique.
After contemplating for a moment, Qingming gathered chakra again and began forming hand seals.
Five seconds later, another cloud of chakra smoke dissipated, and a phantom resembling Qingming reappeared, still distorted.
In this way, Qingming used the clone technique five times in a row, exhausting all his chakra before stopping his practice.
Taking a deep breath, Qingming summoned his interface.
[Name: Uchiha Qingming
Age: 10 years old
Physique: 5
Spirit: 7
Chakra: 11 (131)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Unawakened (51/100)
Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv0 (8/100)
Shadow Clone Technique: lv0 (46/100)
Basic Taijutsu: lv0 (35/100)]
Tonight, he refined his chakra for four hours, increasing his chakra limit by 4 points, from 127 to 131.
During this time, he recovered a total of 200 chakra points.
Each clone technique consumes about 20 chakra points.
Tonight, he practiced the clone technique ten times.
Thanks to the memories and experience left by his predecessor, he gains two to three points of proficiency each time he uses the clone technique.
Tonight, he gained 27 points.
Adding this to the previous 19 points, he now has 46 points, more than halfway to the beginner level.
In addition, his 'Chakra Refining Technique' also received a gift from his predecessor, gaining 2 more proficiency points than expected, for a total increase of 6 points.
If he persists for four hours a day, he can reach the beginner level in about half a month.
At that time, the effect will definitely increase, and his chakra shortage will be alleviated.
After that, the improvement speed of various skills will also increase.
Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that as time goes by, the speed of his strength improvement will inevitably become faster and faster.
As for now,
he should take it slow!
Perhaps he could push his body to the limit, training for several more hours each day to quickly master the 'Chakra Refining Technique,' thus accelerating his progress.
But what good would that do?
If his guess is correct, he'll graduate soon enough. In such a short time, how much strength could he possibly improve?
Genin? Chunin? Certainly not Jonin!
And even if he were a Jonin, how much of a role could he play in a battle sweeping across the entire ninja world? He'd probably struggle to even change the course of a local conflict.
Why should he do something so thankless?
Besides, he's an outsider; rashly increasing his strength would only put him in the spotlight, and someone might just find fault with him.
Since that's the case, it's better to proceed step by step!
Shaking his head, Qingming stopped thinking about it, turned and left the room, returned to his bedroom, lay on the bed, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
...
The next day.
Afternoon.
Still the same training ground.
However, today Sugimoto Itto didn't have them spar with each other, but instead had them practice throwing kunai and shuriken.
Just like hand-to-hand combat, these two skills are also the main combat methods of genin, plus the Three Body Technique, a qualified battlefield cannon fodder is formed.
As for other ninjutsu?
Forget it!
Take Uchiha Qingming as an example, his aptitude is indeed ordinary, but that's compared to his classmates from ninja clans. If he were placed among commoners, his aptitude would already be considered good.
If he hadn't transmigrated, the other students wouldn't have much chakra after graduation, at most enough to perform the Three Body Technique a few times.
If he's like this, you can imagine what those commoner students are like.
Therefore, learning other ninjutsu is a complete waste of time.
So, it's not that the school doesn't want to teach more, but that it's unnecessary.
Most promising students have family lineages and don't need to be taught by the school. Students without lineages but with potential are assigned to the ranks of skilled Jonin for instruction.
This naturally reduces the school's workload.
Moreover, this group will likely graduate early, and their strength will certainly be weaker than in previous years, making further instruction even less necessary.
*Thud!*
A kunai flew out and landed squarely on the target five meters away.
Seeing this, Qingming breathed a sigh of relief.
If he hadn't hit the target again, he really wouldn't know what to do.
Since he started practicing, Sugimoto Itto had frequently glanced at him, as had happened during his sparring session with Moriki Tetsu yesterday.
Qingming knew his performance these past two days was significantly different from his usual self, and he had already prepared a flimsy excuse.
Unexpectedly, the other party didn't even ask, seemingly completely indifferent to him as a student.
This left Qingming unsure whether to be relieved or saddened.
"Panel!"
With a thought, Qingming opened the proficiency panel.
[Name: Uchiha Qingming
Age: 10 years old
Physique: 5
Spirit: 7
Chakra: 44 (131)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Unawakened (51/100)
Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv0 (8/100)
Shadow Clone Technique: lv0 (46/100)
Basic Taijutsu: lv0 (35/100)
Ninja Tool Throwing: lv0 (1/100)]
As expected, with this kunai hitting the target, a new skill appeared on his panel - Ninja Tool Throwing: lv0 (1/100)!
Following the feeling he had just gotten, Qingming threw another kunai.
With a thud, the kunai narrowly hit the target.
Subsequently, on the panel, the proficiency of 'Ninja Tool Throwing' became lv0 (2/100)!
Looking at the newly added proficiency, Qingming's eyes lit up. If he wasn't mistaken, this skill might become the first skill he learned.
The reason is simple: practicing 'ninja tool throwing' doesn't consume chakra. As long as he hasn't reached his predecessor's level, he can quickly accumulate proficiency and get started.
However,
Qingming glanced at Sugimoto Itto in the distance and thought to himself, "Will the other party notice anything?"
Thinking this, Qingming retrieved the kunai and shuriken he had thrown and went to the ten-meter target to begin practicing seriously.
Even with his previous experience, he still missed the target several times.
This undoubtedly slowed down his proficiency accumulation, but it was worthwhile.
Why? Because his predecessor would also miss the target occasionally when practicing on the ten-meter target. Although he missed more often now, it wasn't as noticeable as on the five-meter target.
Given a little time, he could quickly build up his proficiency, and then he wouldn't have to worry about giving himself away.
(End of Chapter)